Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FOFL (Internet Slang)

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. --Coredesat 01:15, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FOFL (Internet Slang)

Note: This was recently speedied, debate closed, but then got recreated by another user so I am reopening the debate. —dgiestc 16:12, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
FOFL (Internet Slang) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Looks like non-notable slang. Only reference is a discussion group. Wikipedia is not for things made up (online) one day. —dgiestc 04:58, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete per WP:NEO. Otto4711 05:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge into something, I'm not sure quite what just yet though. Cloveoil 05:27, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete if another source cannot be found. If it can, Merge into LOL (Internet slang), which already includes "ROTFL," and is a well sourced article. ◄Zahakiel► 05:38, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nomination. Philippe Beaudette 05:39, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, people were making up infinite variants of ROFL on CompuServe in the 1980s. We don't need to list every single one. -- Dhartung | Talk 06:39, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy delete Non-notable cruft. --Fred McGarry 09:42, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Neologism. No reliable sources. Not for things made up in school one day. --Onorem 11:25, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, WP:NEO apparently invented by one person on and completely confined to a single internet forum. Krimpet 12:38, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete : per Krimpet. I had originally defended this article due to disagreeing that it was incoherent but I do agree that it is essentially useless to wikipedia.SyBerWoLff 13:22, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete: WP:NFT; redirect to ROFL or a page on Internet abbreviations. Alba 16:22, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete nothing but a forum in-joke --SubSeven 21:14, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete as above reasons. Phileas 21:28, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Newgrounds does not get to make up whatever it liks on Wikipedia. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 23:43, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete it, it's just an LOL for the anal-retentive. On second though, redirect it there. --UsaSatsui 00:06, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete As per everything else that was said, plus I want to point out that the Urban Dictionary entry for FOFL makes it clear that there is no common usage. There are four entries and all of them are just "things somebody made up one day." --Jaysweet 00:09, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy delete. Completely non-notable - belongs on Wiktionary if anywhere. Frickeg 01:56, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete of very little importance and use. Uh... besides, wasn't this originally a bash.org quote? Here's a good example of why people attempting to figure out the etymologies of stuff can be bad... --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 08:15, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per reasons given so far. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 00:55, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.